New York: Hyperion, (2006). First edition - This book for older children, a companion to 'Sahara Special', is "narrated by Sahara's self-confident African American classmate, Paris McCray, who is trying to understand an increasingly confusing world. Paris' gentle older brother is regularly beaten up by her fifth-grade classmate; her piano teacher was once a spy and has numbers tattooed on her arm. . . . Addressing such subjects as the Holocaust, bullying, God's presence, and AIDS, the novel makes a convincing case for rose-colored glasses, dancing the can-can, and playing joyful music with your big brother." (Booklist) 209 pp.